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BTH: Improving Share of Minority and Women-Owned Business in Memphis

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This week on WKNO-TV's Behind the Headlines, a look at efforts in Memphis to improve the progress of minority and women-owned businesses, including information about the 800 Initiative, a program to assist those businesses in growing capacity.

Joann Massey, director for the City of Memphis Business Diversity & Compliance, Leslie Lynn Smith, president and CEO for Epicenter and Andre Fowlkes, president of Start Co., talk about some of the overarching concerns with host Eric Barnes. 

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Reporting from the gates of Graceland to the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Christopher has covered Memphis news, arts, culture and politics for more than 20 years in print and on the radio. He is currently WKNO's News Director and Senior Producer at the University of Memphis' Institute for Public Service Reporting. Join his conversations about the Memphis arts scene on the WKNO Culture Desk Facebook page.